New York A01059 amends the penal law to increase penalties for criminal diversion of prescription medications and criminal sale of prescriptions.
New York A01059 amends the penal law to increase penalties for criminal diversion of prescription medications and criminal sale of prescriptions. Specifically, it reclassifies criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions in the first, second, third, and fourth degrees as more severe felonies. Additionally, it reclassifies criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance or of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist as a felony. The changes will take effect on November 1 following the bill's enactment.
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